Ironing board



May 26, 1925.

A.C.FLECK IRONING BOARD Filed J-an. 12, 1922 Patented May 26, 1925.

ADAM C. FLECK, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IRONING BOARD.

Application filecl January. 12, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM G. F won, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county or Hennepin and State cit Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards; and l do hereby declare the follo win to be a full, clear, and exact description or the invention, such as willenahle others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple folding ironing board that is easy to set up or :t'old and, when set up, is very rigid under ironing action thereon.

To the above end, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of ironing board, away;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the ironing board folded; and i j Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

The numeral 4 indicates an ironing board with the customary tapered end and to the under side of which, at its wide end, is secured a cleat 5. This cleat 5, near its ends, is turned or reduced to form a pair of trunnions 6. The ironing board 4 is supported on folding legs in crossed relation and each of which comprises a pair of leg bars 7 and 8. At their upper ends, the leg bars 7 are extended between the ironing board 4 and trunnions 6 and have formed in their under edges segmental seats 9, which engage the trunnions 6 and pivotally connect said leg bars thereto.

It will be noted that the upper end portions of the leg bars 7 are curved to permit the required pivotal movement oi said leg bars. The trunnions 6 hold the leg bars 7 laterally spaced, and the space between said trunnions and the ironing board t is such as to prevent endwise removal of the leg bars 7 from the trunnions 6.- It will also be noted that when the ironing board is set up, the wide end thereof directly rests on the curved upper ends of the leg bars 7 and the improved with some parts 1 broken .ironing board. ed 111 the lock notches 13, the ends thereof en- Serial No. 528,695.

thereby removes considerable strain from the trunnionsb.

The leg bars 7 extend obliquely under the ironing board 4: toward the tapered. end thereof and between the leg bars 8, which are in cross-ed relation therewith and have their upper ends pivoted to a pair of longitudinally extended blocks 1.0 secured in laterally spaced arrangement to the under side of the ironing board 4. A flat tie-bar 11 connects the leg bars Sat their intermediate portions below the leg bars 7 forms a stop to limit the swinging movement of the leg bars 7 away from the ironing board bars 7 are free to slide endwise during the setting up or folding of the ironing board.

The leg bars 7 are interl'nediately connected by a tie-rod 12, the ends of which extend outward thereof and are arranged to enter segmental notches 13 in blocks let secured to the inner faces of the leg bars 8.

The lock notches 13 are so arranged that the ends of the tie-rod 12 enter the same during the sliding movement of the leg bars 7 on the tie-bar 11 during the setting up of the When the tie-rod 12 is seatgage the inner faces of the leg bars 8 and thereby securely hold the two pairs of log bars against lateral movement in respect to each other. The legbars 7 are connected near their lower ends by a tie-rod 15, and the leg bars 8 are likewise connected by a tie-rod 16. The leg bars 7 are further connected between their tierods 12 and 15 by an intermediate tie-rod 17,- and they are still further connected below the tie-rod 15 by a shouldered tie-rod 18. As best shown in Fig. 3, the leg bars 7 are sprung quite closely together and secured by their tie-rods, so that when the ironing board is set up it has substantially a three-point contact with the floor and will not wabble on an uneven floor, under ironing action.

To hold the leg bars 7 and 8 spread, with the tie-rod 12 interlocked with the notches 13, I provide a toggle 19, the outer ends of which are pivoted to the tie-rods 15 and 16. As shown, one arm of the toggle 19 comprises a pair of laterally spaced bars, to and between which the single arm of said toggle is pivoted. The inner end oi the single toggle arm is provided with a stop finger 20 arranged to engage a stop pin 21 secured to l, and on which tie-barsaid leg.

the other toggle arm to limit the straightening movement of the toggle. hen the toggle 19 is straight, its pivot is slightly beyond a dead center so as to hold the same locked.

To fold the ironing board, it is only necessary to buckle the toggle 19, which may be done with the foot without stooping over. The initial buckling movement of the toggle 19 will draw the leg bars 8 toward the .leg bars 7 and thereby move the tie-rod 12 out of the seats 13. A further buckling movement of the toggle will draw said leg bars together and, at the same time, they may be folded onto the ironing board l, as shown in Fig. 2.

In setting up the ironing board, the leg bars 7 and 8 are swung downward and this movement of the leg bars '7 is limited by their engagement with the tie-bar 11, whicl positions the tie-rod 12 for interlocking engagement with the notches 13 during the final straightening movement of the toggle 19. This final straightening movement of the toggle 19 may be accomplished by a downward pressure thereon with the foot.

The above described ironing board has been put into extensive commercial use and has been found highlyetlicient for the inrpose had in view.

lVhat I claim is:

1. An ironing board having inner and outer pivoted pairs of leg bars in cross relation and arranged to be folded in the same direction onto the ironing board, a tie rod connecting the inner pair of leg bars and arranged-to engage between the leg bars of the outer pair, enter lock notches at the inner faces thereof and engage said faces, thereby being held against endwise movement, and a toggle pivoted to the pairs of leg bars for holding the same spread and the tie rod interlocked with the notches.

2. An ironing board having inner and outer pivoted pairs of leg bars in cross relation and arranged to be folded onto the ironing board, notched blocks on the inner faces of the outer leg bars, a tie rod connecting the inner pair of leg bars and arranged to move laterally to engage between the outer leg bars and enter the notches in said blocks and be held against endwise movement by the outer leg bars, and a tog gle pivoted to the pairs'of leg bars for holding the same spread and the tie rod interlockedwith thenotches.

3. An ironing board having inner and outer pivoted pairs of leg bars in cross relation and arranged to be folded in the same direction onto the ironing board,-a tie rod connecting the inner pair ofleg bars, said outer pair of legs having lock notches, means for limiting the opening movement of the inner pair of leg bars to position said tie rod, and a toggle connecting the pairs-of leg bars, the final straightening movement of the toggle imparting amovement to the gouter pair of leg bars to cause said notches to interlock with the positioned tierod.

4. An ironing board having a-cleat, said cleat inward of its ends beingreduced to afford a pair of trunnions, and'apair of leg bars extending between the ironing board and trunnions and having open seats for the trunnions, said cleat and its trunnions being arranged to pivotally secure the leg bars to the ironing board against separation therefrom.

In testimony whereof I aiiixmy signature.

ADAM C. FLE CR. 

